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    EKG, Stress Test, and Rest...

    I can still do everything today I did when I was 20. It just takes twice as long to heal up from it now ;)
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    Nightmare Before Christmas

    The one released when I was in college was The Exorcist. The most hysterically funny horror flick I ever saw, couldn't stop laughing. Maybe it was something in the blend I smoked in my pipe that day ;)
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    Updating My Resume

    I only had one job out of college for about a year and then went on my own, so I don't have much experience writing resumes, but I have close to 40 years of reading them. Or maybe glancing is a better word. The first thing that hits me is the number of jobs they've held w.r.t. their age. If...
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    Sutliff Pumpkin Spice

    Sutliff bought the name and the recipe for that one, so they can't really be credited with it. It's not terrible, but as a fan of Edward G., I often wonder if a top-shelf blender had bought it and used better tobaccos, would I like it better than I do. I recall smoking it back in the 70s, and...
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    Inhaling?

    Just guessing but I'm thinking there's about the same amount of tobacco in an average-sized pipe bowl as somewhere between 5 and 10 cigarettes. Unfiltered. (Pipe filters are meant to absorb moisture, not trap particulates in the smoke). Granted there's no paper in pipe tobacco, and it's not...
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    Sutliff Barbados Plantation

    Upscale in terms of packaging and marketing perhaps. In terms of quality and taste, not really. I tried their Top Shelf (bourbon) blend too and found it likewise. I would compare these blends to OTCs like Captain Black and Borkum Riff, or the majority of bulk aros out there, in that these...
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    How Long Would This Last You? (Showing Off, Big Pics)

    It would last me about a month. That is, unless there's something I'm not seeing other than that tin of Nightcap I would smoke.
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    In Need of a Portable Tobacco Tray/Plate Thing

    You can find anything on fleabay. But wtf for??
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    Any Hammies Here?

    Nerdy kids (and sometimes their nerdy dads) were into ham radio when I was a kid. To get a license they had to first learn morse code and pass a test using a telegraph key. Then they could study for an advanced license that let them use a 2-way mic. Don't know if that's still the requirement...
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    Sutliff Barbados Plantation

    It was one of the Sutliff Private Stock blends I tried (the others were Top Shelf and Bosphorous Cruise). Whatever tobacco was used in Barbados Plantation was completely drowned in an artificial/chemical-tasting rum topping, which imparted a strong aroma but very little taste. Nicotene was...
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    Montblanc 149 Fountain Pen

    That was my point. I'm not about to assimilate to a friggin' pen. I'll write at whatever angle feels comfortable at the time. If the pen can't handle it, into the bin it goes. Same with tobacco. I want to open the tin, pack my pipe and light up. If it's too wet to do that, into the bin it...
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    Montblanc 149 Fountain Pen

    That was my point. I'm not about to assimilate to a friggin' pen. I'll write at whatever angle feels comfortable at the time. If the pen can't handle it, out it goes.
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    Fun With Cherries Tonight

    What he said ^! About 10% by volume of BRM added to Nightcap is heavenly.
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    Sutliff Pumpkin Spice

    What he said ^. I tried a number of their "Private Stock" blends. Taste, what there was wasn't bad, there just wasn't much of it. Room notes, not bad. None of them had a trace of nic I could detect. Like smoking hot air. Maybe if Sutliff sent me tins for free I'd find better things to...
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    Rabbit's Newbie Reviews: Prince Albert

    That's true of many goods, but people with taste made trips to the nearest big city to stock up on whatever they couldn't get locally. Or they had a friend/relative bring it in when they came to visit. Or the local shopkeepers (who were usually their personal friends, played cards with, went...
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    Rabbit's Newbie Reviews: MacBaren Virginia Flakes

    Can you provide a link to any authoritative (meaning Dunhill, a seller, a reputable blender) reference supporting that wild assertion? Natural sweetness and citrusy flavor from the VA, yes. Topping, never read anything to that effect.
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    Rabbit's Newbie Reviews: Prince Albert

    Not all codgers smoked codger blends. Many of them thought of those blends as utter garbage, and instead smoked any of hundreds of fine, top-quality blends. The so-called codger blends targeted the working-class market...cheap tobacco for those who had never tasted better, couldn't afford it...
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    Rabbit's Newbie Reviews: MacBaren Virginia Flakes

    If you want to taste what a good plain-VA flake is like, try Capstan Blue, which is also IIRC produced by MacBaren's. And if you want to taste what a great plain-VA flake is like, try Dunhill's flake. Then try their Deluxe Navy Rolls, a VA-Per flake(coin) with just enough Perique to enhance...
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    Montblanc 149 Fountain Pen

    1. Some of the hundred or so I owned during my school years were thick as a pickle, but even the thinnest was around 3/8" diameter, and very uncomfortable. A Cross ballpoint is perfect for me; from there they become progressively more hand-cramping as the diameter increases. 2. I owned a few...
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    Pipe Juice

    Exactly! Which is why I said moisture range, not level. To assert that any manufacturer can pinpoint a set humidity level is ridiculous. Pretty much all cheap pouched tobaccos are glutted with PG so it can remain in that poor packaging for eons on a supermarket rack and not be crunchy when...